Unofficial Football World Championship at Stake on Saturday
By: Bob | March 23rd, 2007
As a sports fan, you probably have played this game before. Your team beats the best team in the league and for at least a week you have the right to proclaim that your team is the best even if the standings show otherwise. That is the basic concept behind the Unofficial Football World Championship. Tracking the competition back to the origins of international football, the UFWC hands over the title to a new country each time it beats the current holders in an international recognized friendly or tournament match.
The current champions of the world come from Georgia. They acquired the title by beating Uruguay who acquired the title by beating Venezuela who…well, you get the idea.
Georgia’s claim to being the world’s best – despite being ranked 85th by FIFA and never qualifying for the World Cup – is on the line this weekend against Scotland, a traditional power in the Unofficial Football World Championship. The Scots are like the Brazil of the competition. They are the number one ranked all-time team thanks to their dominance in the early days of the sport.
The competition is not recognized by FIFA and it is of course meaningless, but it still is fun. Even countries that are perennial minnows in the world football sea have a shot at glory from time to time. Wouldn’t it be something if American Samoa’s first win ever would make them the world’s best?
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Only one day until the Tartan Army regains the title that is rightfully theirs. It may be meaningless, but as world championships go, it’s the only one in even distant sight, so we’ll take it. Assuming we have any strikers or attacking midfielders left to attempt a goal by Saturday.
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